VA - As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (2023)
VA - As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 85:04 minutes | 948 MB
Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Soul Jazz | Label: As-Shams/The Sun Records, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 85:04 minutes | 948 MB
Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Soul Jazz | Label: As-Shams/The Sun Records, Official Digital Download
Ebullient jazz-funk and soulful rare grooves from apartheid-era South Africa - the sounds of resistance, and partying like it matters.
‘As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982’ revolves around 10 super tight tunes that showcase how South African music would parallel movements in a post-Civil Rights-era USA during a time when the country was suffering its own worries. Retrieved and remastered from original analog tapes, the set highlights iconic artists who soundtracked township soirées with hopeful and damn funky groves that have rarely been heard outside the country. It’s a a superb primer on the years before the styles of bubblegum, township funk, or even gqom and ama, when South African jazz was the toast of those in the know and served a deep function as mode of expressive release in the face of pure strife.
Plucked from the archive of As-Shams/The Sun label, which led on form the Soultown Records label, and begat the MANDLA reissue imprint, it runs down proper heat between the beaming optimism of Kippie Moketsi’s ‘Umgababa’ to the hypnotic torch song of ‘Music’ starring stunning vocals by Sathima Bea Benjamin, strutting to the jazz-funk of Dick Khoza’s ‘Lilongwe’ and the haunting groovers lament ‘Night Express’ by Black Disco, with its 11 minutes of amazing chants and low slung grip. There’s bubbling rare groove by Pat Matshikiza, the big band swing of Tete Mbambisa, again driven by Dick Khoza’s drums, and deadly in-the-pocket suss from Lionel Pillay on the deeply handsome 9 minutes of ‘Blues for Yusef’, all working as a history lesson and crucial fuel for DJs, dancers, debonairness.
Tracklist:
01. Kippie Moketsi - Umgababa
02. Pat Matshikiza - Dreams are Wonderful
03. Tete Mbambisa - Umthsakazi (The Bride)
04. Dick Khoza - Lilongwe
05. Mike Makhalemele - Spring is Here
06. Disco Black - Night Express
07. Lionel Pillay - Blues for Yusef
08. Harari - Musikana
09. Movement in the City - Blue Sunday
10. Sathima Bea Benjamin - Music
foobar2000 1.4.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2023-03-11 18:18:27
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Analyzed: Dick Khoza / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (1)
Disco Black / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (2)
Harari / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (3)
Kippie Moketsi / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (4)
Lionel Pillay / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (5)
Mike Makhalemele / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (6)
Movement in the City / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (7)
Pat Matshikiza / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (8)
Sathima Bea Benjamin / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (9)
Tete Mbambisa / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (10)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.17 dB -13.75 dB 7:31 04-Lilongwe
DR12 0.00 dB -13.94 dB 11:31 06-Night Express
DR11 -0.23 dB -13.07 dB 6:33 08-Musikana
DR10 -0.20 dB -11.99 dB 11:10 01-Umgababa
DR11 -0.27 dB -13.46 dB 9:29 07-Blues for Yusef
DR12 -0.26 dB -14.99 dB 6:13 05-Spring is Here
DR11 -0.26 dB -13.53 dB 4:58 09-Blue Sunday
DR12 -0.21 dB -13.12 dB 10:37 02-Dreams are Wonderful
DR12 -0.28 dB -14.65 dB 8:53 10-Music
DR9 -0.87 dB -10.95 dB 8:08 03-Umthsakazi (The Bride)
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1602 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2023-03-11 18:18:27
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Analyzed: Dick Khoza / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (1)
Disco Black / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (2)
Harari / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (3)
Kippie Moketsi / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (4)
Lionel Pillay / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (5)
Mike Makhalemele / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (6)
Movement in the City / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (7)
Pat Matshikiza / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (8)
Sathima Bea Benjamin / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (9)
Tete Mbambisa / As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (10)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.17 dB -13.75 dB 7:31 04-Lilongwe
DR12 0.00 dB -13.94 dB 11:31 06-Night Express
DR11 -0.23 dB -13.07 dB 6:33 08-Musikana
DR10 -0.20 dB -11.99 dB 11:10 01-Umgababa
DR11 -0.27 dB -13.46 dB 9:29 07-Blues for Yusef
DR12 -0.26 dB -14.99 dB 6:13 05-Spring is Here
DR11 -0.26 dB -13.53 dB 4:58 09-Blue Sunday
DR12 -0.21 dB -13.12 dB 10:37 02-Dreams are Wonderful
DR12 -0.28 dB -14.65 dB 8:53 10-Music
DR9 -0.87 dB -10.95 dB 8:08 03-Umthsakazi (The Bride)
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1602 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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